The Best Damon Wayans Movies, Ranked
21 credits from 1987 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes (2021) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is The Last Boy Scout (1991) with $59.5M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Damon Wayans Box Office Hits
Damon Wayans's films have made $178M worldwide in total. The Last Boy Scout (1991) is the biggest hit at $59.5M, ahead of Roxanne (1987) ($40.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Last Boy Scout 1991 · Action $59.5M $59.5M dom. - 2
Roxanne 1987 · Comedy $40.1M $40.1M dom. - 3
Major Payne 1995 · Adventure $30.1M $29.4M dom. - 4
Bulletproof 1996 · Action $22.6M $21.6M dom. - 5
Celtic Pride 1996 · Sport $9.26M $9.26M dom. - 6
Blankman 1994 · Comedy $7.94M $7.94M dom. - 7
Earth Girls Are Easy 1989 · Sci-Fi $3.92M $3.92M dom. - 8
Bamboozled 2000 · Drama $2.46M $2.27M dom. - 9
Marci X 2003 · Comedy $1.68M $1.65M dom.
The Best Damon Wayans Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Damon Wayans has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 4 films, and Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes (2021) is the pick of them.
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Comedy 4 films Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes 2021 · as Willis Drummond Movie Echo Score: 80 - Drama 3 films Bamboozled 2000
- Action 2 films The Last Boy Scout 1991
- Sport 1 film Celtic Pride 1996
- Adventure 1 film Major Payne 1995
- Sci-Fi 1 film Earth Girls Are Easy 1989
The Best Damon Wayans Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Damon Wayans's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Damon Wayans Movies
The most recent films Damon Wayans is credited on, newest first — starting with Cinnamon (2023). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Cinnamon 2023 · Wally - Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes 2021 · Willis Drummond
- Marci X 2003 · Comedy
- Bamboozled 2000 · Drama
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Harlem Aria 1999 · Wes - Bulletproof 1996 · Action
- Celtic Pride 1996 · Sport
- Major Payne 1995 · Adventure
- Blankman 1994 · Darryl Walker
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Mo’ Money 1992 · Johnny Stewart - The Last Boy Scout 1991 · Action
- Earth Girls Are Easy 1989 · Sci-Fi
The Best Damon Wayans Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Damon Wayans films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Damon Wayans movie?
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes (2021) is the best-rated Damon Wayans film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Damon Wayans movie?
The Last Boy Scout (1991) made the most at the box office, with $59.5M worldwide, followed by Roxanne (1987) with $40.1M. Together, Damon Wayans's films with box office figures have made $178M.
What is the best Damon Wayans comedy movie?
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes (2021) is the best-rated of Damon Wayans's comedy films, with a score of 80. In other genres: Bamboozled (drama), The Last Boy Scout (action) and Celtic Pride (sport).
What is the newest Damon Wayans movie?
The newest film on Damon Wayans's filmography is SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025), with Damon Wayans as Self.
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